Jonah Winter

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  • Bibliography:
    18 Books
  • First Book:
    November 2003
  • Latest Book:
    May 2024
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Book List in Order: 18 titles

  • Paul Revere and the Bell Ringers

    Young Paul Revere and his friends form a club whose members ring the bells at Christ Church, an experience which teaches him responsibility and other lessons that he uses as an adult in the American Revolution. Simultaneous....

  • Steel Town

    In Steel Town, it's always dark. In Steel Town, it's always raining... In Steel Town, the mills blaze all day and all night, making steel and even more steel to be shipped over the Magic Mountains, down the Pitch-Black River, and far, far away. Th...

  • Gertrude is Gertrude is Gertrude is Gertrude

    Gertrude is Gertrude is Gertrude is Gertrude. And Alice is Alice. And Gertrude and Alice are Gertrude and Alice. And you are welcome to join them for tea. But beware, for there you will find a bear in a chair, just barely scary. And ...

  • The Fabulous Feud of Gilbert & Sullivan

    Caldecott Medalist Richard Egielski teams up with Jonah Winter for a story of friendship, fights, and musical comedy Welcome to Topsy-Turvydom, a magical kingdom (well, more like an opera stage) full of pirates, policemen, fairies, and fake mustache...

  • Peaceful Heroes

    Why is "hero" is a word so often reserved for warriors who fight with guns and weapons to defend their people? Renowed picture book biographer Jonah Winter writes of another kind of hero, a peaceful hero, who is willing to die for a cause, but never ...

  • Here Comes the Garbage Barge!

    This New York Times Best Illustrated Book is a mostly true and completely stinky story that is sure to make you say, “Pee-yew!” Teaching environmental awareness has become a national priority, and this hilarious book (subtly) drives home the mess...

  • Born and Bred in the Great Depression

    East Texas, the 1930s -- the Great Depression. Award-winning author Jonah Winter's father grew up with seven siblings in a tiny house on the edge of town. In this picture book, Winter shares his family history in a lyrical text that is clear, honest,...

  • Jazz Age Josephine

    A picture book biography that will inspire readers to dance to their own beats! Singer, dancer, actress, and independent dame, Josephine Baker felt life was a performance. She lived by her own rules and helped to shake up the status quo with wild...

  • Just Behave, Pablo Picasso!

    An inspiration to anyone who's ever felt judged! "One day the world is a peaceful, lovely landscape painting... The next day - BLAM! - Pablo bursts through the canvas, paintbrush in hand, ready to paint something fresh and new." Pablo Picasso m...



  • The 39 Apartments of Ludwig Van Beethoven

    How hard is it to move 5 legless pianos 39 times? Beethoven owned five legless pianos and composed great works on the floor. His first apartment was in the center of Vienna's theater district... but he forgot to pay rent, so he had to move. (And i...

  • You Never Heard of Sandy Koufax?!

    In this striking picture book biography, an old-timer tells us what made Sandy Koufax such an amazing baseball player. We learn that the beginning of his career with the Brooklyn Dodgers was rocky, that he was shy with his teammates, and experienced ...

  • My Name Is James Madison Hemings

    A powerful historical picture book about the child of founding father Thomas Jefferson and the enslaved Sally Hemings. In an evocative first-person account accompanied by exquisite artwork, Winter and Widener tell the story of James Madison Heming...

  • The Secret Project

    Mother-son team Jonah and Jeanette Winter bring to life one of the most secretive scientific projects in history -- the creation of the atomic bomb -- in this powerful and moving picture book. At a former boy's school in the remote desert of New ...

  • The Sad Little Fact

    A New York Times bestselling author and the #1 New York Times bestselling illustrator of The Good Egg deliver a perfectly timed, funny read-aloud about the importance of telling the truth. There once was a fact who could not lie. But no one bel...

  • Welcome to Bobville

    Here's a timely, hilarious picture book, with Seussian appeal! In Bobville, everyone is named...yup, Bob...and everything is exactly the same--until one Bob decides he'd like to be a Bruce. Welcome to Bobville, home to people only named Bob! In Bobv...

  • Banned Book

    "The words were dangerous." For as long as people have been expressing their opinions in writing, there have been those in positions of power who have succeeded in censoring those thoughts. In this timely and provocative parable, a book is ...

  • The Snow Man

    Meet the man living alone in the mountains whose hobby of measuring snowfall led to a global understanding of climate change in this nonfiction picture book from celebrated mother-son team Jonah and Jeanette Winter.When billy barr came to the mountai...

  • Bird Rehearsal

    Peek behind the curtain of the glorious musicality of birds in Bird Rehearsal, a picture book about a raucous romp through the neighborhood, told entirely in birdsong from the award-winning author/illustrator team Jonah Winter and Stacy Innerst. When...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Jonah Winter has published 18 books.

The next book by Jonah Winter, Bird Rehearsal, will be published in May 2024.

The first book by Jonah Winter, Paul Revere and the Bell Ringers, was published in November 2003.

No. Jonah Winter does not write books in series.
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